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Show Paul Harvey News The The The The The The Watergate's Silver Lining By PAUL HARVEY kickbacks and payoffs, fixes In the closet of and a dead secretary of state Paul Powell, were found shoe boxes filled with cash. This, plus the embarassment to public officials in Washington, was enough to motivate legislators at long last to legislate ethics in politics. have gone on indefinitely without Watergate. Politicians who have taken large sums of money, often in cash, used some of it for campaign expenses and pocketed the rest. These fellows had come to consider payloa part of the "spoils system." g. Under Harry Truman White House political favors were traded for deep freezers; under Dwight Eisenhower they bartered vicuna coats. You got angry. You got some people fired. But nothing was done to prevent repetition of political bribery. WATERGATE AND related campaign practices promise to produce some real improvement in this ancient malpractice. Already seven states have new laws and a dozen others are moving in that direction. At the moment, the Illinois Legislature has 21 separate bills under consideration intended to police ethics in politics. ILLINOIS HAS had a pox of political hanky-pank- y involving ESS LOGAN 1 1 mmrvMmn Seven states already have IF YOU SHOVEL garbage long enough, you don't smell it any more. And I'm not expecting that the dramatically exposed campaign practices in Washington and Maryland will cause a regurgitation across our entire nation. But, while the momentum continues, an important number of states are correcting some of the most flagrant abuses. new laws including former Vice President Agnew's Marylanddesigned specifically to get campaign contributions up on top of the table in full view of everybody. ALSO NEW Jersey, Hawaii, Florida, Texas, California and Nevada. Other states contemplating such laws include some big ones: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, Massachusetts. It's been a stinky practice this actual or implied bribery of public officials yet it might Christmas-Gif- t b. w . CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 j1 HOLIDAY FABRICS SHOP FOR UNUSUAL SEWING C PLUS SAVE WHERE 0S- - FABRICS WHAT WE only m $2 "classic" oo Buy any2-SAVt- LISTED HAVE Brushed Tricot 100 2 for 798 IN 100 STOCK Nylon 108" Wide Acrylic 60" Wide Walkie-Talkie- Regular Sale $3.98 $nu 49 y2 I s I'll YD. LACE PRICE SAVE$10 lfPiiiSiiWW $1.98 Regular 1 EDGING ONLY PRINTED 69.95 in 73 UT M m 6 easy pushbuttons: play, record, ran uenerai rewind, fast forward, stop, eject Catalog Auto-Sto- p shuts unit off automatically at end of tape Recording VUbattery level meter shows proper recording level Switched automatic level control makes loud, soft sounds equal Built-i- n mike, AC cord, auxiliary jack, DC car jack; blank cassette included $28 29.95 eacn in '73 Fall General Catalog Extended range coverage (except where limited by terrain and atmospheric conditions.) 100 milliwatt Powerful transmitter has solid-stat- e reliability (No license needed) chanof with 3 channels operation nel 14 crystal installed and two open channels, so you can add more channels later Call signal alert system . . . separate speaker and microphone provides better voice clarity Controls for channel selector, call signal onoff, and onoffvolume; includes battery jTj"j1 Solid stale stereo amplifier gives instant-on- , long life compact automatic record changer shuts off after last record 2 bookshelf speakers separate to 15 feet for good stereo Headphones add great listening pleasure. Incl. adapter d dust cover; UL listed plastic case, tinted up KNIT DOUBLE PAIR FOR plus Stereo Headphones Walnut-graine- 5 Cotton 1 Sljreo Component System NOW ONLY SAVINGS BELOW. $l AC DC Cassette Player Recorder with Built-i- n Condenser Mike and Auto Stop c. DOWNSTAIRS MANY FIND Double Knit Fruit Cake each 3.99 ONLY 3-P- BERNINA FABRICS ALWAYS WILL AT LOGAN. CENTER, ON DISCOUNT YOU BESIDES Hostess House Chocolates or b. SAVE i FLORIDA, WHERE candidates for the state legislature IN-STO- IN-STO- Wrap II m,M NOV. 29, 1973 Nevada, where the casino SPECIAL BUYS SPECIAL BUYS Preston Citizen Leader Cache Citizen Cache Register Grace Citizen Times Advertiser THURSDAY. each election. $15,000 industry could afford to ."buy" any officeholder in the state, has legally limited campaign spending by legislators to Christmas Gifts to Enjoy All Year Long tl CLASSIFIEDS COMBINED Cotton POLYESTER BLENDS CREPE STITCH 45" Wide 60" Wide Good Color Selection Goods Volues to $1.69 Yd. Regular $3.98 7 YD METAL ZIPPER QUILT BATS 7" 25' ea. 9" & 12" 30' ea. 14" & 18" 35' ea. 20" S 22" 40' ea. 24" 45' ea. 1 LB. POLYESTER 47 FOR Open Daily 9:30 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. Closed Sundoys MONTGOMERY WARD BERNINA FABRIC LOGAN CENTER 752-955- 0 a, 295 N. Main SERVICE NATIONWIDE Prempt tervice mn4 facterr eerh CI3iBMIHiBaiQl3I 138 N. MAIN LOGAN , PHONE .752-418- 6 . |